The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 679
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: SECURED TRANSACTIONS

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F.S. 679.5011

679.5011 Filing office.—

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect a security interest or agricultural lien is:

(a) The office of the clerk of the circuit court, if:

1. The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or

2. The collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing.

(b) The Florida Secured Transaction Registry, in accordance with ss. 679.3011-679.3071, in all other cases, including cases in which the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture filing.

(2) The office in which to file a financing statement to perfect a security interest in collateral, including fixtures, of a transmitting utility is the Office of the Secretary of State, or the filing office authorized by s. 679.527 to accept filings for the Florida Secured Transaction Registry. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.

History.—s. 6, ch. 2001-198; s. 8, ch. 2002-242.

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Amendments to 679.5011

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 679.5011

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 679.5011.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In CAMTECH PRECISION MANUFACTURING, INC. v., 443 B.R. 190 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2011)

. . . . § 679.5011(l)(b). . . .

In MAISON GRANDE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. a, 425 B.R. 684 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2010)

. . . . § 679.5011. . . .

In JOHN S BEAN FARM OF HOMESTEAD, INC., 378 B.R. 385 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2007)

. . . . § 679.5011. . . . Stat. § 679.5011(l)(b). . . . Stat. § 679.5011. . Fla. Stat. § 679.5031 . Fla. Stat. § 679.5061 . . . .

In STETSON ASSOCIATES, INC. v., 330 B.R. 613 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2005)

. . . . § 679.5011 (West 2003); Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-9-301(2). . . . Because sections 47-9-301 and 307(e), as well as Florida Statutes Annotated 679.5011, require the Defendant . . .

In SUMMIT STAFFING POLK COUNTY, INC., 305 B.R. 347 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2003)

. . . . § 679.5011(1)(b). . The rest of this address is truncated on the copy attached to Ms. . . .